WWDC 2012 schedule posted, keynote confirmed, app released

Circle your calendars: the keynote is June 11 at 10 a.m. PDT.

WWDC 2012 is on. Apple confirmed the keynote, released this year's app, and posted the talk schedule for attendees first thing Tuesday morning, officially sending the lucky 5,000 attendees (and a smattering of media folks) into full WWDC-planning mode. As usual, the keynote will take place the first day of WWDC: Monday, June 11 at 10:00am Pacific Time. Apple did not explicitly confirm who would be speaking, but it's a safe bet that CEO Tim Cook will take the lead.

Apple made tickets available for this year's WWDC a month ago but sold out in the blink of an eye—about two hours. The company had not posted much in the way of further information, however, until now. But don't go thinking you'll find out anything juicy by looking at the latest materials. Only registered developers have access to the online version of the schedule, and the WWDC app for iOS is largely geared toward attendees with things like maps, news items, and descriptions for each talk. Still, if you are attending, we have heard from many developers that the app can be a lifesaver, so it's worth a download so you can begin favoriting the sessions you want to attend, among other things. (And as usual, not all sessions have been announced yet—Apple usually waits until after the keynote to release the names of certain NDA'd sessions.)

We'll be covering the WWDC keynote live when it happens on June 11. Apple also announced that this year's Apple Design Awards for App Store and Mac App Store apps will be given out at 3:45 p.m. that same Monday. We'll keep you updated as to the WWDC happenings, but let us know in the comments if you have specific requests for developer interviews, WWDC stories you'd like us to follow, or anything else you want to see when WWDC starts in two weeks!

What an ugly abstraction of the Apple logo. Hope it isn't a sign of things to come.

I love how the taste police come out and critique everything Apple does when they specifically don't like the design of something, and then quietly imply that it could portend doom for Apple. They did it with the iPhone 4, and that was a godawful failure right?

I'd love to see exec reviews in the world where that statement makes any sense at all:

"Okay, Tim, and here's the new 5.3" iPhone Note prototype."

Okay, I'll bite.

CEO: "Wow, the new prototype is very square."

Engineer: "Is that a problem?"

CEO: "No, it's fine. Square is fine."

Person at back of meeting room: ("What did he say?")

Sir Not Appearing In This Picture: ("He said he likes that it's square")

In the hallway, two minutes later...

Spreader of Rumours: "Did you hear? Tim likes squares."

Fearing for his job: "Squares? What about squares?"

SoR: "He said squares are good."

Ffhj: "Sqaures it is! Everything must be square."

Art Director: "Did you say square?"

Ffhj: "Yes! Tim has said that everything must use squares. He loves squares! He wants a square office with a square desk and square chairs. Four square meals in the cafeteria. Mass times the speed of light squared! We need a new, square logo! Make one now! Sqaures everywhere!"

AD: "I have no idea what you're talking about, but if Tim wants it that way then I will make it happen. Squares it is."

I thought this was fairly common knowledge, but the rounded square is the standard shape of an iOS app icon. Clearly that is the inspiration for the motif. Exactly what it might portend, however, is as usual a mystery. Can't wait for Jacqui's live blog, just two weeks away.